For those who thought that the
hardest part of Physics 101 was the constant conversion from Metric to
English units, here is a list of some useful conversions.
1) Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter =
Eskimo Pi
2) 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
3) 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
4) Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the
pavement = 1 bananosecond
5) Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1
billigram
6) 365 days of drinking low-calorie beer because
it's less filling
= 1 lite year
7) 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
8) 1000 aches = 1 megahurtz
9) Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
10) Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight
line
11) 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
12) 1 million microphones = 1 megaphone
13) 1/2 million bicycles = 1 megacycles
14) 365.25 days = 1 unicycle
15) 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds
16) 52 cards = 1 decacards
17) 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton
18) 1000 grams of wet socks = 1 literhosen
19) 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
20) 1 trillion sins = 1 cardinal sin
21) 10 rations = 1 decoration
22) 100 rations = 1 C-ration
23) 8 nickels = 2 paradimes
24) 3 miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale
University
Hospital = 1 I.V. League
25) 1/2 large intestine = one semicolon
26) A one-mile stroll = one Milwaukee
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